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The resemblance, Lauren Nossett

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The resemblance

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Lauren Nossett

On a November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps into a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: the driver looked identical to the victim and he was smiling. Detective Marlitt Kaplan is first on the scene. An Athens native and the daughter of a UGA professor, she knows all its shameful histories. But in the course of investigating this hit-and-run, she will uncover more chilling secrets as she explores the sprawling, interconnected Greek system that entertains the university's most elite students. The lines between Marlitt's police work and her own past begin to blur as Marlitt seeks to bring justice to an institution that took something precious from her many years ago. When threats against her escalate, she can't help questioning whether corruption in Athens has run off campus and into the police force, and how far these brotherhoods will go to protect their own

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